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enAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis1996 – 2018 UBM Medica, LLC, a UBM companyThu, 24 May 2018 13:39:01 -0400Tests for Autoantibodies in Brain Disease Raise Questionshttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/blog/tests-autoantibodies-brain-disease-raise-questions
Serum testing for NMDAR and other autoantibodies is fraught with pitfalls, and careful clinical consideration is important. Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBlogParkinson diseasePersonality DisordersFeatured Resources/SchizophreniaStroke686871 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 02 Oct 2014 18:55:55 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesSamuel Pleasure, MD, PhDThe Link Between Immune System Dysregulation and Schizophreniahttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/link-between-immune-system-dysregulation-and-schizophrenia
On the wide range of symptoms in schizophrenia, including alterations of the dopaminergic and/or glutamatergic systems, abnormal neurodevelopment, and the theory of immune system imbalance. Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBipolar DisorderParanoid SchizophreniaSchizophreniaSchizophrenia Psychotic Features727619 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 06 Oct 2011 04:58:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesConsuelo Walss-bass, PhDDimitre H. Dimitrov, MDNicole Braida, MDAvailable Compounds Tried in Bipolar Disorderhttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/available-compounds-tried-bipolar-disorder
Several available agents in addition to methylene blue are being investigated for bipolar disorder and were in a in a recent review.
ADHDAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBipolar II DisorderCircadian Rhythm Sleep DisordersMajor Depressive DisorderManiaMood Disorders734892 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 06 Oct 2011 03:37:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesKenneth J. Bender, PharmD, MACustom-Made Neural Stem Cellshttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/custom-made-neural-stem-cells
In this column, we explore how the judicious use of neural stem cells (NSCs) has led to a research Holy Grail: the creation of research-ready, patient-specific neurons.
Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisNeuropsychiatrySchizophrenia722046 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 05 May 2011 03:47:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesJohn J. Medina, PhDDementia: A Focused Reviewhttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/dementia-focused-review
This article reviews the differences between dementia types and future directions. AmnesiaAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCognitive DisordersDementiaGeriatric PsychiatryLewy BodyMajor Depressive DisorderVascular Dementia736616 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesRaj K. Kalapatapu, MDPosttraumatic Stress Disorder: Neurobiology, Psychology, and Public Healthhttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/posttraumatic-stress-disorder-neurobiology-psychology-and-public-health
In recent years, we have learned a great deal about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its public health implications. From 9/11 to Katrina and the present Iraq war, PTSD has been in the forefront of health concerns and public policy. AddictionAlcohol AbuseAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisComorbidity In PsychiatryManiaPTSDSchizophrenia721521 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comSat, 01 Mar 2008 10:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesCarol S. Fullerton, PhDDavid M. Benedek, MDRobert J. Ursano, MDPick Disease: Navigating the Frontotemporal Dementia Diagnosishttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/pick-disease-navigating-frontotemporal-dementia-diagnosis
The clinical diagnosis of Pick disease can be one of the most difficult facing the neurologist. Those patients found to have lobar atrophy usually present clinically with bouts of irrational behavior, bulimia, marked reductions in speech, abulia, and apathy. AddictionAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisDementia722001 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comMon, 01 Oct 2007 08:00:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesCharles J. Ippolito, MDIs There a Role for Minocycline in Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment?http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/there-role-minocycline-neurodegenerative-disease-treatment
During the past decade, a great deal of research has been undertaken to better understand the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Data from stroke models has shown that the semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic minocycline can mediate neuroprotection in neurodegenerative diseases by inhibiting caspase-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis734824 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comSat, 01 Sep 2007 08:00:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesClaire SowerbuttInvoluntary Emotional Expression Disorder Often Misdiagnosed and Untreatedhttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/involuntary-emotional-expression-disorder-often-misdiagnosed-and-untreated
Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder Often Misdiagnosed and Untreated AddictionAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisNeuropsychiatry734358 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comWed, 01 Aug 2007 08:00:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesThomas S. MayMind Over Matter: BCIs on the Fast Track for the New Agehttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/mind-over-matter-bcis-fast-track-new-age
In past discussions on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), parallels were drawn between emerging applications and the idea of the "bionic man." However, a presentation by John P. Donoghue, PhD, during a "Hot Topics" plenary session on May 2 at the 59th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Neurology in Boston suggests that current neural interface technology is much more about the marvels of the human neuron and will than about machinery. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis721066 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comSun, 01 Jul 2007 08:00:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesDee RapposelliThe Therapeutic Potential of Neural Stem Cellshttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/therapeutic-potential-neural-stem-cells
The following must be one of the strangest comments I have ever heard on television. An Iraqi businessman uttered it shortly after a wave of missile strikes during the Gulf War. "The rocket flew down my street and took a left," he said in English. It had smashed into its target, a nearby building--leaving his adjacent shop completely undisturbed.AddictionAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis720775 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comTue, 01 May 2007 08:00:00 -0400Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesThe Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosishttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/clinical-management-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, debilitating, fatal disease that involves degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. Patients often initially present with limb or bulbar weakness, atrophy, and spasticity, followed by progressive loss of ambulation and, ultimately, respiratory failure, which is the most common cause of death. AddictionAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisNeuropsychiatry734691 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesAmanda C. Peltier, MD, MSChristopher Lee, MDRaising the Bar on ALS Care: It&#039;s Possible and Appreciatedhttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/raising-bar-als-care-its-possible-and-appreciated
Presenting a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most difficult tasks that a neurologist may have to undertake. Despite the tragic quality of the news, experts in ALS care are exhorting fellow neurologists not to give up on patients in whom ALS is diagnosed. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis721019 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesDee RapposelliPerceptionshttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/perceptions
When I was young and attended church services with the family, the sermons of a certain priest, who was a historian, consisted of anecdotes about desperation and compassion that occurred in such places as Nazi concentration camps, Hell's Kitchen or the Bowery in Depression-era New York, or Dickens-like orphanages somewhere. At the end of his anecdote, the priest would dolefully lilt, Examine your own conscience. It was the point during the sermon when a person might startle awake after nodding off. AddictionAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis720894 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 01 Mar 2007 10:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric TimesDee RapposelliMelanoma and PD: New Findings Absolve Levodopa, Warrant Cancer Screeninghttp://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/melanoma-and-pd-new-findings-absolve-levodopa-warrant-cancer-screening-0
Patients with PD may be at more than twice the risk for the development of malignant melanoma than the general population, according to research by John M. Bertoni, MD, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at Creighton University, Omaha, and colleagues.1 He presented the results of this research at the American Neurological Association's 131st Annual Meeting this past October in Chicago. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis726780 at http://www.psychiatrictimes.comThu, 01 Feb 2007 10:00:00 -0500Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis on Psychiatric Times